Exogenous Endophthalmitis in Diabetic Patients: A Systemic Review

Table 1

Visual outcome and symptoms in diabetics versus nondiabetics.

	Diabetics	Nondiabetics
Posttreatment visual outcome	(%)	(%)
≥5/200	79.6	90
≥20/100	55.6	77.4
≥20/40	38.9	55.3
Anterior segment characteristics	(%)	(%)
Cataract wound normal	82.8	82.0
Hypopyon	89.7	85.1
Rubeosis	8.6	1.9
Bacterial growth (risk)
Gram+	Increased	—
Gram−	Same	Same
Virulent organisms	26%	22%
Incidence of retinal detachment (Posttreatment)	6.9%	8.6%
Early procedure performed	20.7%	8.8%
Late procedure performed	31%	27.1%